Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-22
FLORIDA.
Volusia county is on a boom.
The DeLand hotels are filling up.
NolusIa county has ten neMspapers

NOluSla county Is on d Doom.
The DeLand hotels are filling up.
Volusla county has ten newspapers.
Orange trees are in bloom at Plant
City and promise big crop.
Last week $50 dozen of eggs were
shipped from the Waukeenah neighbor-
hood TO Jacksonville.
Work has commenced upon the Congre-
gational Church at Mount Dora. Its cost,
$1,000, has been raised.
p. NJ. Arthur, chief Of the locomotive
engineers of the United States, was in
Palatka Saturday and held meeting of
the engineers to settle some difficulty be-
tween the engineers and the officers of
the South Florida railway.
A. y. Doyle has been appointed a Com
missioner of Putnam county by the man.
ayers of the Colored State Fair Ass0cia-
| ton, and has entered upon his duties.
He will press the claims of the fair until
its opening on March 10, and expects to
get up a very creditable exhibit.
Tampa Courier: In our first issue we
made an estimate on a railroad to the sea.
| We find instead of 50, 900 per year for
out IN less than siXty-tive days for in-
! coming freight, counting nothing for ordi-
| nary outgoing. At this rate percent
age of So per cent would easily be real
lied on the line from Tampa to Clear
Water.
! At Cedar Key on Sunday night last two
| coored men, Ben Howard and jim
| Green, became involved in a difficulty, in
which Green came near killing Howard
| by shooting him with a pistol and then
! literally cut him to pieces with his knife.
howard now is not able to move and may
/ die. Green escaped, but returned on
| Tuesday morning and gave himself up.
He is held TO await developme nts.
! A meeting was held at Mount Dora on
! Saturday for the purpose of incorpora-
ton, the necessary number Of registered
voters having been secured. The election
of officers for the ensuing year resulted as
follows: Mayor, g. E. TUFTS; CLERK, G.
l.. Pease; Assessor, W. G. Wright; Col
lector, @. NJ. stowe; Treasurer, ii. ID.
Wyman; Marshal, Il. Bruce. and Il. &.
Tremain, j. z. DOnnelly, f. Dickerman.
d. Newberry and c. II. Gilbert as Coun-
cilmen.
The Pensacola Commercial openly
charges that the Disston land purchase
10 fraud, inasmuch as the manner OF
selecting the land was not in accordance
with the terms OF the contract. 1t also
charges that at least nine-tenths OF the
1l13.940 acres OF swamp land conveyed
10 Dlsston has been fraudulently con-
NeyEU. III Nudl ldi &c DbOldb VI lduu NulCu
were never submerged was adjudged by
paid agents as lands drained and re-
claimed by Disston. and conveyed to him
upon their report.
Last Monday a report reached Cedar
Key that large English ship, said to be
OF ,473 tons burden, loaded with 5000
bales Of cotton, besides slaves, bound from
New Orleans for Havre, was ashore about
sixty miles west OF that place aud near
Blue creek. No further news had been
received at last accounts. IL is supposed
from the mildress of the weather and the
character OF the coast at the point where
she is aground that no damage will result
to ship or cargo. The Captain and crew
refused TO leave her. Wreckers went TO
her.
Another OF those perIpatetic gentle
men, known as cross-tie tourists, came to
| grief in Mad ison Monday night last by
running against a 3S.calbre pistol ball
| fred by 7. Il. Martin. 1t seems that
/ about , o'clock on the night above named
/ Mr.. Martin was awakened by noise in
his back piazza. BE arose and went out
/ the front way to see what caused a..
! Going into the back yard he searched